Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest

Topic Choice: NBA banning the drafting out of high school rule
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
Many athletes in the NBA were drafted out of high school
Big controversy in the past
Banned in 2006


Answer these questions about this topic:
  1. How did it/will it impact the world?
It impacted the NBA by making the athletes atleast serve one year in college.


  1. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
A lot of people disagree with the banning

  1. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
Big fan of sports


  1. How do you personally connect with this topic?
Played high school basketball against very talented athletes who were Division 1 recruits

Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
Books, Magazines, Internet sites

Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
  1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
Drug abuse in the Professional Sports world today


  1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
Drug use one because I wrote a paper on it in high school and found a lot of information